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MYERS & COHENOUR.

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No' d Patented Apr. 23, 1851.

f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

oHAELEs K. MYEEs, OE PEKIN, ILLINOIS, .AssIGNOE 'ro IIIMsELE AND JOHN OOHENOUE, OE SAME PLAOE.

'IMPROVEM ENT in CORN-PLYANTERS.

bpecication forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,168, dated April 23, 1861.

To all whom it may conce/m: l

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. MYERS, of

' Pekin, Tazewell county, Illinois, have invented tion.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure l's an isometrical perspective view of a machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is apart of elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a view showing the adjustability ofthe colter. Fig. 4 isa perspective top view ot' one Ot' seed-cavity slides, Fig. 5 being an under side view of the same.

A A' arethet'rames to which thetwo seeddropping tubes and mechanism are attached. They are connected, as shown, to the adjustable transverse barsB B', the nuts ce a giving means for adjusting and securing the seeddroppers to work different widths apart. The Whole frame is mounted on the ground-wheels C U', providedwith a crankaxle, D, the crank being used to operate the seed-droppingslides. E are the hoppers, each of which is provided at the bottom with two slides, F F', cach slide having a semicircular cavity or duct in its side. The cavities or ducts are scooped out on the inside end, as shown, to enable the grain to tilleasily. The slides in each hopper are separated by a thin plate, b; -but both alternately work into a common duct, c, leading to conveying-tube G. The scraper d. under which each slide works before discharging its grain, is provided on its under side with a brush, e. The conveyingtube G is provided with a mouthfpiecc or valve, g, hinged atf, and op eratcd to open and close the mouth of tube G by means of arm h, Working in a semicircular groove, t', in one of the slides. The slides F F are operated by arms H and rods I I, attached, as shown, through rod J, tothe crank of the ground-Wheel axle. Theposition ofthe Y tongue in reference to the horizontal plane is y p adjustable by means of'hinge 7c and nut: m'to cause the machine to assume different working depths in the ground. The colter K, tixed in lineand under seed-tnbe G, is provided with wings u n' and center tongue, p, and is altogether adjustable by means Ot screw and slot Y r and hinge s to pla-nt any desired depth. The tongue p prevents the corn from falling tothe bottom of the groove made bythe wings a' n until it is covered by the dirt from ends 'of wings n n' and also acts tO somewhat scatter the corn in the hill. The chief use ofthe valve g is to bring the point of delivery of the `seed as near as possible to the point ot' deposit, so

that the seed may be deposited as nearly as possible the same distance apart. The seedtube Gr is protected, as shown, from the crowding action ot the dirt by the ings Ot' the colter.

I claim as'ncw and ot' my invention- The arrangement of bars B B', colter K s u n' p, and discharging mechanism f g h i, the whole being constructed and operating in the manner described.

In testimony Ot' which invention I hereunto set my hand.

, CHARLES K. MYERS.

Witnesses: Y l

J OHN OOIIENOUE, WM. B. PARKER. 

